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So ITV has binned everyone but Khan. Although it means Khan will not be put with anyone remotely dangerous Warren can choose the better fights to put on Khan's undercard (:roll:) rather than hidden away on Setanta or wherever.

I wonder if this means that Khan can't appear in Cardiff in November and why that show won't be on ITV. Is it more lucrative to put it on Setanta PPV?

From ITV-boxing.com

ITV has signed a new deal with allegedly's Sports Network to broadcast seven boxing events, featuring British star Amir Khan over the next 12 months.

The new deal, which will see the seven events broadcast on ITV1 as well as extra output on ITV4, begins with this weekend's clash between 20-year-old Khan and Scotland's Willie Limond for the Commonwealth lightweight title.

A further five events, headlined by Amir Khan, will feature on ITV over the next 12 months to June 2008, as well as an additional bill on July 21 featuring Alex Arthur and Enzo Maccarinelli.

ITV returned to live of boxing in 2005 after an absence of almost a decade with coverage of Amir Khan's last amateur bout against his Olympic nemesis Mario Kindelan and then his first 12 professional fights.

ITV director of news and sport Mark Sharman said: "We're very pleased to have signed this deal which will keep boxing at the heart of ITV Sport's free-to-air portfolio over the next year. Amir Khan is a huge star with great potential and has played an important role in renewing interest in boxing over the last few years."

Khan said: "I'm really pleased that Frank has agreed a deal for his promotions and my fights to be televised on ITV. They have covered my career from my last amateur fight against Mario Kindelan until now as an unbeaten professional and have done a great job. I've got a great fight against Willie Limond for the Commonwealth title on Saturday night and I aim to go all the way and win a world title."

Promoter Warren added: "I'm delighted that some of my promotions will be on ITV and I look forward to watching Amir's career develop successfully on the network. Amir has a very tough fight ahead of him this Saturday against Willie Limond which will be a great fight for the fans and viewers."

The boxing deal is the latest in a number of successful acquisitions and renewals for ITV Sport this year, including live rights to the FA Cup and England home games (from 2008), the Euro 2008 Championships and the Grand Slam of Darts.

ITV Sport's portfolio also includes Formula 1, 2007 IRB Rugby World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, FIFA World Cups in 2010 and 2014, Tour de France and The Boat Race.

defo not buyin into setanta now

calzaghe only fights once a year

£180 for 1 calzaghe fight and what exactly ????

It's a bit of a desperate move from SN in my opinion - The deal wasn't on the table from ITV that he wanted, so he's whored his stable around trying to garner the extra buck.

You might not be far wrong there.

Could someone clarify the content of this article for me please - I'm not quite sure if ITV are planning to show Khan at all, as I only counted 8 references to him in the article. Slightly worried he's going to be put pushed out of the limelight by the likes of Enzo-Strickland and Skelton's title shot with Joe Louis.

cant knock warren for this one, looks like he has come up smelling of roses, he can 'wean' his youngsters on setanta and showcase his stars on itv, then if PPV opportunities come along he can do it on setanta with calzaghe etc

Twinkle Toes wrote:It's a bit of a desperate move from SN in my opinion - The deal wasn't on the table from ITV that he wanted, so he's whored his stable around trying to garner the extra buck.

be carefull you dont want boxing 101...er i mean boxing chat trying to chew your balls now do ya?.

rhino222 wrote:cant knock warren for this one, looks like he has come up smelling of roses, he can 'wean' his youngsters on setanta and showcase his stars on itv, then if PPV opportunities come along he can do it on setanta with calzaghe etc

Calzaghe Is more marketable on ITV though surely?

Twisted Transistor wrote:

rhino222 wrote:cant knock warren for this one, looks like he has come up smelling of roses, he can 'wean' his youngsters on setanta and showcase his stars on itv, then if PPV opportunities come along he can do it on setanta with calzaghe etc

Calzaghe Is more marketable on ITV though surely?

im sure he is but warren will/should get more coin parading him through setanta PPV

rhino222 wrote:

Twisted Transistor wrote:

rhino222 wrote:cant knock warren for this one, looks like he has come up smelling of roses, he can 'wean' his youngsters on setanta and showcase his stars on itv, then if PPV opportunities come along he can do it on setanta with calzaghe etc

Calzaghe Is more marketable on ITV though surely?

im sure he is but warren will/should get more coin parading him through setanta PPV

Rhino - could you clarify something for me?

I thought Setanta was a subscription channel (like Sky Sports) and not a PPV? I have my Sub to Setanta (mostly for the football so I'm not gonna be bitching about having to fork out extra) but will I have to pay extra to watch the SN fights?

sweetscience wrote:defo not buyin into setanta now

calzaghe only fights once a year

£180 for 1 calzaghe fight and what exactly ????

it looks like you'll get 7 Warren shows, and not forgetting the Hobson 6 fight deal which we thought included Hatton, and anything else they pick up in competition with Sky. So we definitely have Woods vs mandatories/voluntaries...

With these shorter deals, Warren might not get complacent which -let's face it - he appeared to do. The Quality Control went balls up even AFTER several pullouts in the lasdt ITV deal. With a shorter deal, let's face it, who's going to renew if he offers a load of what the BM editor called cowardly mismatches that look like bullying not fighting?

We should be POSITIVE about this stuff. Wasn't Warren's last ITV deal a 20-fight one?? Look how that went. A promoter gets secure, he protects his fighters too much and doesn't provide fights that ppl want to see. Let's face it, we all complained about the fights that didn't happen (Haye-Macca, Joe-Froch among others) didn't we?

jomothepure wrote:Could someone clarify the content of this article for me please - I'm not quite sure if ITV are planning to show Khan at all, as I only counted 8 references to him in the article. Slightly worried he's going to be put pushed out of the limelight by the likes of Enzo-Strickland and Skelton's title shot with Joe Louis.

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What I do wonder about is the quality control aspect. I wonder if ITV have any say in the opponents?

rhino222 wrote:

Twisted Transistor wrote:

rhino222 wrote:cant knock warren for this one, looks like he has come up smelling of roses, he can 'wean' his youngsters on setanta and showcase his stars on itv, then if PPV opportunities come along he can do it on setanta with calzaghe etc

Calzaghe Is more marketable on ITV though surely?

im sure he is but warren will/should get more coin parading him through setanta PPV

Precisely, he needs the money Setanta are obviously splashing around to finance the huge purses for the Calzaghe v Kessler fight.

HughJohnson wrote:

Twinkle Toes wrote:It's a bit of a desperate move from SN in my opinion - The deal wasn't on the table from ITV that he wanted, so he's whored his stable around trying to garner the extra buck.

be carefull you dont want boxing 101...er i mean boxing chat trying to chew your balls now do ya?.

im not boxchat. i know who he is, and i hope to no one would confuse the 2 of us if we were standing next to each other!!

desperate how? itv put a reasonable offer on the table, then why not take it?

ITV were not willing to put the money up for the calzaghe/kessler fight, setanta were. surely its better to take the offer from setanta than let this fight slip through the net, and also keep the majority of boxing on terrestrial. kahn, mitchell big mac are all still on itv.

Won't the upshot of the ITV deal mean that Mr War Ren will be EVEN MORE protective of Cash Cow Amir?

If I were Geoff McCreesh I'd get on the Slimfast.

deadpan wrote:Won't the upshot of the ITV deal mean that Mr War Ren will be EVEN MORE protective of Cash Cow Amir?

If I were Geoff McCreesh I'd get on the Slimfast.

This is what I mean...surely ITV wouldn't allow this to happen? Anyway, once Khan has beaten Limond perhaps he will continue to progress with good opponents.

His hand speed and power are genuinely incredible.

This is what I mean...surely ITV wouldn't allow this to happen? Anyway, once Khan has beaten Limond perhaps he will continue to progress with good opponents.

His hand speed and power are genuinely incredible.[/quote]


I wouldn't be too sure of that - I read a quote from Dean Powell along the lines of they targetted Limond because the Commonwealth council are still a light touch with approving opponents. Can imagine Powell got a b0llocking from Frank for saying that while in negotiations with ITV!

chinny wrote:This is what I mean...surely ITV wouldn't allow this to happen? Anyway, once Khan has beaten Limond perhaps he will continue to progress with good opponents.

His hand speed and power are genuinely incredible.

I wouldn't be too sure of that - I read a quote from Dean Powell along the lines of they targetted Limond because the Commonwealth council are still a light touch with approving opponents. Can imagine Powell got a b0llocking from Frank for saying that while in negotiations with ITV![/quote]

Yes, the arse has all but fallen out of the Commonwealth belt, I'm afraid.

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

chinny wrote:This is what I mean...surely ITV wouldn't allow this to happen? Anyway, once Khan has beaten Limond perhaps he will continue to progress with good opponents.

His hand speed and power are genuinely incredible.

I wouldn't be too sure of that - I read a quote from Dean Powell along the lines of they targetted Limond because the Commonwealth council are still a light touch with approving opponents. Can imagine Powell got a b0llocking from Frank for saying that while in negotiations with ITV!

Yes, the arse has all but fallen out of the Commonwealth belt, I'm afraid.[/quote]

Speaking of arses falling out, look at this thread: http://www.boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66140